TY  - ADVS
ED  - National Film Board of Canada.
TI  - Good Morning Kandahar
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Montreal
PB  - National Film Board of Canada
KW  - Nasr, Ariel
KW  - War, Conflict and Peace
KW  - Developing Countries
KW  - Politics and Government
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Afghan refugees
KW  - Alberta
KW  - Military training
KW  - Afghanistan war
N1  - Reel Diversity. ;The Reel Diversity competition is a National Film Board of Canada initiative in partnership with CBC Newsworld. ;Atlantic Centre; Director, Ariel Nasr ; producer, Annette Clarke ; writer, Ariel Nasr ; editor, Angela Baker ; director of photography, Andrew Watt ; sound recordist, Aram Kouyoumdjian ; consultant, Martin Lavut ; original music composer, David Christensen ; sound editor, Alex Salter ; re-recording, Jean Paul Vialard
N2  - “My country fights a war in my father’s country. And I look on with a growing 
sense of confusion.” So Ariel Nasr begins his powerful new documentary, Good 
Morning Kandahar, which gives poignant voice to the dilemmas 
felt by thousands of young Afghans around the world – many in surprising 
places – as they grapple with events in their homeland.

Good Morning Kandahar introduces us to young 
men and women torn between a deep desire to help Afghanistan and fear that 
things will never change. Some are enthusiastic. There’s ‘Dewa’, who 
broadcasts pop songs, recipes and beauty tips to Kandahar on RANA-FM. And 
Yahseer. who enjoys the freedom of Canada’s nightlife, but by day broadcasts 
to tradition-bound Kandahar – mostly good news, plus warnings to keep back 
from NATO convoys.

The film grows darker when we meet Najia, who grieves in exile for her 
country. A refugee, she was once a broadcaster at a women’s station in 
Afghanistan – until a death threat forced her to flee. Meanwhile, at a NATO 
training camp in Alberta – complete with a re-creation of an Afghan landscape 
– role-players wear fake Taliban beards and enthuse about riding in tanks. 
Here we also find Sharif, a young translator haunted by the wars he witnessed 
– and upset by Afghan friends who call him a traitor for helping the Canadian 
military.

Amidst all the conflicting opinions, Nasr decides to see for himself. He 
travels to Afghanistan, where he learns many feel that NATO is just another 
invader, finds little improvement in life, and comes to think that Canada’s 
mission is failing.

Good Morning Kandahar is a moving and rich 
film that brings a badly needed personal perspective to a painful controversy.

Good Morning Kandahar was produced as part of the Reel 
Diversity Competition for emerging filmmakers of colour. Reel Diversity is a 
National Film Board of Canada initiative in partnership with CBC Newsworld.




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